title: FDG PET/CT findings of superficial angiomyxoma.
abstract: Superficial angiomyxoma, also known as cutaneous myxoma, is a rare but distinctive soft tissue tumor characterized by a sparse proliferation of spindle-shaped cells in a prominent myxoid matrix with numerous thin-walled blood vessels. We present a case of a pathologically proven superficial angiomyxoma arising in the first web space of the left hand of a 39-year-old man. Integrated PET/CT images showed mild focal FDG uptake in a subcutaneous soft tissue mass, with a maximum standardized uptake value of 2.94.
authors.affiliation: From the *Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and †Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Mikiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nabeshima
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18